Roof for toy cars



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INVENTOR Mario' Caruso ATTORNEY u wea Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

UNITEDk STATES Pari-:NroFF ICE.

. MARIO CARUSO, OF NAPLES, ITALY, ASSIGNOR TO THE LIONEL CORPORATION, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION vOF NEW YORK.

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Application led Marchy 1, 1926.l Serial No. 91,627.

tial, and the improved roof may be readily mounted on or removed fromthe top ot the car body to permit access to it lfor purposes V ofassembly or the replacement ot' electric lamps 'or other'accessoriesused in the car.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved car lroofsuitable for toy trains and made out ot two sheet metal stampingsfastened together.

One of the many possible embodiments ot the present invention is shown,for purposes ot illustration, in the accompanying drawings, it beingunderstood that the drawings are illustrative of the invention ratherthan limiting to the same.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a toy car roof; YFigure 2 is an inverted plane view of th same;

' Figure 3 is a side elevation of a toy car yshowing the roof installed;

Figurea is a transverse section `through vrthe root and upper part ofthe car; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged view of a detail.`

The toy car roof constructed in accordance with the present `inventionis made up of two sheet metal stampings suitably shaped and fastenedtogether. Thev lower stamping is indicated at 10. It has ysloping sides11 and 12 simulating the sidesl of the root ot a standard passenger car,and is preferably made of the proper size and shape so that itsperipheral edge 13 passes down outside` the upper edges. 14 of the carbody B, as indicated in Figure 4. It may be Otherwisertted to the carbody. The

stampingl() is depressed along the center This deck-forming `stamping isconvento provide short vertical vwalls 15 and 16V` iently lprovided withthe cross sectionillustrated in Figure 4, and has an `upper portion 20,side walls 21 and 22, and longitudinal beads or ribs 23 and 24tostiii'en the stamping and make it appearlike the root of a `passengercar..k The side walls 21 and 22 are provided with aperturesv25simulating windowopenings, and strips -26 ot colored Celluloid, "or likematerial, are fas-` tened behind these window openings by means ofprongs 27 struck inwardly Vfrom the material :of the sidewalls.

The stampings 10 and 19 `are fastened to getherby passing prongs 28through opens ings `29 in the stampingglO. Theseprongs are then bentoutwardly against the stamp- `ing 10, as. indicated in the drawings. Theends 30 of thestamp'ing 19 are bent downwardly as indicated, and may besoldered to the stamping 10 at the corners.

In order to lighten the weight of the root, and to permit light to passvfrom the interior of the car up into the deck so as to illuminate thewindows, a number of large holes 36 are punched in the stamping 10. yThematerial between these holes provides strips 37 which suflice to holdthe stamping in shape.

The lower edges 17 and 18 of the iside walls of the deck-forming staming are held againstrthe walls 15 and 16 ot) the shallow channel in thestamping 10, and hence the walls of the deck stamping cannot spread. Theconstruction forms an exceedingly rigid truss-like member which maybereadily fastenedto and removed from the car. A convenient means forfastenin the roof to ythe car is here shown in theV orm ot boltsV .32which pass through apertures 33 and 34 in the deckeforming stamping andare threaded into cross braces 35 carried by the ear body B.` d

From the foregoing, it will beunderstood thatthere is provided aremovable root for toy cars ymade out of two simple stampings suitablyfastened together so that the root simulates the yappearance ot the roofof a standard railway passenger car, and that this roof is exceedinglyrigid and substantial `even though made out ot thin sheet metal.

It` is obvious that the invention may be embodied in many forms andlconstructions,

and I wish it to be understood that the par- Y ticular form showny isbut one of the many forms. Various modicationsand `changes beingpossible, I do not limit myself in anyV 2. In toy car construction, asingle sheet metal stamping shaped to provideI a deck fora car roof,said stamping being doubled on itself to form longitudinal reinforcingribs extending along the upper/corners of the deck, and having dependingside walls apertured to lsimulate ventilation windows, the. lower edgesof said side walls'having prongs, and a second stamping having holes toreceive the prongs, the` lower stampingV being shaped to simulate thelsides of a carI roof and having openings underneath the deck stamping'to permit illumination of the window openings irom'the inside ofthecar.

3. In toy car construction, a single sheet metal stamping shaped toprovide a deck for a car roof, said stamping being doubled on itsel'l`to form longitudinal reinforcing ribs extending along the upper cornersof the deck, and having depending side Walls apertured tov simulateventilation windows, the lower edges of said side walls having prongs,and a second stamping having holes to receive the prongs, and ofl' setridges to engage said lower edges between them and hold them in place,the lower stamping being shaped to simulate the sides of a car roof. n

v 4. In a toy car construction, a sheet metal roof member adapted torest on the upper edges of a car body, said Vmember being concave fromunderneath and having a slight longitudinal depression extendinglengthwise of the member, and a sheet metal deck forming member in theform of a stamping,

the lower edges of which engage the sides of said depression, therelbeing prongs in the ydeck forming stamping passing through apertures inthe roof member.

Signed at Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,this day of February, 1926. 7

MARIO CARUSO.

